2011 Albirex Niigata season

Albirex Niigata

2011 season

Chairman

Mitsugu Tamura

Manager

Stadium

14th

3rd round

Quarterfinal

Top goalscorer

League: Bruno Lopes (13)^[1]
All: Bruno Lopes (16)

Highest home attendance

37,830 (vs Shimizu S-Pulse, 6 August 2011)^[2]

Lowest home attendance

13,644 (vs Ventforet Kofu, 13 July 2011)^[2]

Average home league attendance

26,049

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2011 Albirex Niigata season was Albirex Niigata's eighth consecutive season in J. League Division 1. It also includes the 2011 J. League Cup, and the 2011 Emperor's Cup.

Match results

J. League

Main article: 2011 J. League Division 1

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol (C) (Q)	34	23	3	8	65	42	+23	72	Qualification to 2012 AFC Champions League group stage Group stage ^1,2
12	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	34	11	10	13	67	53	+14	43
13	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	34	10	12	12	38	48	−10	42
14	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	34	10	9	15	38	46	−8	39
15	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	34	8	12	14	36	43	−7	36
16	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu (R)	34	9	6	19	42	63	−21	33	Relegation to 2012 J. League Division 2

Updated to games played on February 3, 2012.
Source: J. League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	9	15	38	46	−8	39	6	6	5	25	20	+5	4	3	10	13	26	−13

Last updated: 1 February 2012.
Source: "J. League".

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L
Position	1	2	4	4	5	7	9	10	11	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	11	11	15	13	11	9	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	11	15	13	13	14

Last updated: 1 February 2012.
Source: "J. League".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

J. League Cup

Main article: 2011 J. League Cup

14 September 2011 2nd round - 1st leg	Shimizu S-Pulse	2 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Shimizu
19:04 JST	Omae 16' Alex 74'	Report	6' Homma	Stadium: Nihondaira Stadium Attendance: 6,939

28 September 2011 2nd round - 2nd leg	Albirex Niigata	3 – 1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Niigata
19:03 JST	Bruno Lopes 36' Tanaka 55' Michael 58'	Report	25' Omae	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 10,024

5 October 2011 Quarterfinal	Nagoya Grampus	5 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Albirex Niigata	Nagoya
19:00	Kanazaki 15' Nagai 90+1', 105+2' Hashimoto 114' Tulio 120+1'	Report	63' Bruno Lopes 90+3' Kawamata 98' Kikuchi	Stadium: Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 4,108

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2011 Emperor's Cup

12 October 2011 2nd round	Albirex Niigata	5 – 0	Toyama Shinjo Club	Niigata
19:00 JST	Bruno Lopes 36' Kawamata 21' Kogure 23' Kawamata 76' Uchida 94'	Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 3,597

16 November 2011 3rd round	Albirex Niigata	0 – 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	Niigata
19:00 JST		Report	94' Tatara	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 4,842

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Takaya Kurokawa
3	MF	Kazuhiko Chiba
4	DF	Daisuke Suzuki
5	DF	Naoki Ishikawa
6	MF	Yuta Mikado
7	FW	Anderson
8	MF	Fumiya Kogure
9	FW	Cho Young-Cheol
10	MF	Michael
11	FW	Bruno Lopes
13	MF	Masaru Kato
14	MF	Seiya Fujita
15	MF	Isao Homma (captain)
17	DF	Jun Uchida
18	FW	Kengo Kawamata
19	DF	Ayato Hasebe

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Shigeto Masuda
21	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi
22	GK	Yasuhiro Watanabe
23	MF	Atomu Tanaka
24	DF	Gotoku Sakai
26	DF	Yusuke Murakami
27	MF	Hidetoshi Nakata
28	MF	Rafael
29	FW	Noriyoshi Sakai
30	GK	Hideaki Ozawa
31	MF	Fumiya Hayakawa (youth)
32	MF	Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
33	DF	Ryoma Nishimura (youth)
34	DF	Yohei Iwasaki
36	DF	Naoya Kikuchi
39	GK	Yohei Takeda (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Michael Fitzgerald (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
		DF	Kazunari Ono (to Ehime FC)
		MF	Musashi Okuyama (to Albirex Niigata Singapore)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Bruno Castanheira (to Albirex Niigata Singapore)
		FW	Kazuhisa Kawahara (to Tochigi SC)
		FW	Hideo Ōshima (to JEF United Chiba)

Starting XI

Last updated on 3 February 2012.^[1]

No.	Pos	Name	MS	Notes
30	GK	Hideaki Ozawa	15	Masaaki Higashiguchi had 14 starts
25	RB	Yusuke Murakami	15	Seiya Fujita had 12 starts
3	CB	Kazuhiko Chiba	28
4	CB	Daisuke Suzuki	20	Naoya Kikuchi had 14 starts
24	LB	Gotoku Sakai	23	Naoki Ishikawa had 9 starts
15	DM	Isao Homma	34
32	DM	Yoshiyuki Kobayashi	14	Naoya Kikuchi had 9 starts
23	RM	Atomu Tanaka	22
9	LM	Cho Young-Cheol	21	Fumiya Kogure had 6 starts
10	SS	Michael	25	Kengo Kawamata had 5 starts
11	CF	Bruno Lopes	32

References

1 2 "Match results and statistics". J. League. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
1 2 "Aggregate Attendances by Club (J1)". J. League. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

2011 in Japanese football

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League competitions

Cup competitions

International club

Related to national teams

Men	AFC Asian Cup Qualification for 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification for 2012 Olympics (Men)(U-22)

Women	FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification for 2012 Olympics (Women)

Youth	AFC U-19 Women's Championship AFC U-16 Women's Championship

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Gamba Osaka Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Montedio Yamagata Nagoya Grampus Omiya Ardija Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Urawa Red Diamonds Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Consadole Sapporo Ehime F.C. Fagiano Okayama F.C. Gifu F.C. Tokyo Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu JEF United Chiba Kataller Toyama Kyoto Sanga F.C. Mito HollyHock Oita Trinita Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Shonan Bellmare Thespa Kusatsu Tochigi S.C. Tokushima Vortis Tokyo Verdy Yokohama F.C.

Albirex Niigata

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Stadium	Denka Big Swan Stadium Niigata City Athletic Stadium

Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Related clubs	Albirex Ladies Albirex Singapore 2014 Japan Soccer College

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